FC Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique held Monday’s training session to begin preparations for Wednesday’s return leg of the Copa del Rey last 16 at Espanyol
On Monday morning at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper FC Barcelona held their first training session since Saturday’s 4–0 victory over Granada at Camp Nou. The team was squarely focused on their next encounter, which comes on Wednesday night at 9.00pm at RCD Espanyol in the second leg of the Copa del Rey last 16. Barça go into the return leg with a 4–1 aggregate advantage and will be looking to wrap up a berth in the quarter-finals.
Monday’s training session was scheduled at 10.30am, about a half hour earlier than usual, to facilitate the departure of FC Barcelona’s travelling expedition headed to Zürich, Switzerland for the 2015 FIFA Gala, set for 6.30pm at the Kongresshaus Zürich.
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